This is stupid! I am stupid!

mrgenesis
mrgenesis Posts: 9
edited September 2007 in Road general
I have just returned from walking my bike home two miles after being unable to remove the back wheel when I got a puncture.

I have a singlespeed mountain bike. Once the QR was released I was unable to slide the wheel off the horizontal drop-outs on account of the chain. I suspect the answer lies in removal of the screw things "tugs?" on each drop out.

Could some body explain?

Thanks

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  • Big Red S
    Big Red S Posts: 26,890
    In general, you undo the axle, slide it forward, derail the chain from the chainring at the front, then slide the wheel out.

    On the genesis bikes, you need to loosen off the two 'chain tugs' on the dropouts to let the wheel slide forwards. They come with a _very_ short chain, but there's just enough there to get the chain off the front.
    http://avi.co/doc/Forums.html
  • graham_g
    graham_g Posts: 652
    No - stupid would be if you'd had 10 miles to walk home! :twisted:
  • spin-cycle
    spin-cycle Posts: 395
    You can fix a puncture with the wheel still in the frame...
  • nick hanson
    nick hanson Posts: 1,655
    spin-cycle wrote:
    You can fix a puncture with the wheel still in the frame...
    Yes,just don't try changing the inner tube for a quicker fix :cry:
    so many cols,so little time!

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